Which One?

The news that filtered through today relating to match fixing has sullied our fine sport.

Even more so with the revelation that one of the suspected 680 matches thought to have been fixed involves an English team in the Champions League.

Now whilst we have no concrete evidence as to which fixture that was, speculation is rife amongst the Vital Chelsea fraternity.

Many suspect, and I`m warning you to be careful here, it could have been that infamous match against Barcelona.

Others have, and again I`m warning you about the legal implications you face if you cross the borders of decency, offered that night of the GHOST goal at Anfield.

Now, personally, I`d like to leave what`s in the past in the past seeing as you can`t change it and make sure that nothing of this ilk occurs again.

But, if somebody is able to prove who was involved, I sincerely hope that the authorities have the balls to come down like a ton of bricks on those involved, the game and its ongoing integrity deserves nothing else.

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I pray to God it should be those scheming cheats!!! I am still reeling at that blatant daylight robbery in 2009 and that thumb sucking cheating player luis garcia!! The injustice my team have suffered both in europe and in the premier league is just uncalled for, I see the UCL credibility going further down if that is the case

Merlin , I totally agree. Going purely on how things look , there can be no more perfect candidate than that Chelsea Barcelona match. I have to ask myself can a referee of such high standing to have refereed a UCL semifinal match make so many seemingly incorrect decisions in one sole match ? its literally seems incredible to believe this was soley down to incompetence or cockups alone ...

Ah Merlin you got your own post up before mine! So I'll just paste a little of it here instead.
I am not accusing anyone but I will be waiting with bated breath to find out if an even bigger injustice has somehow slipped under the radar of the British Press, during a top European club game in England, than "that game", when a certain Tom Henning Ovrebo turning down four clear penalty appeals by Chelsea, in what was either the most incompetent display of refereeing at such a senior level or ???????????
Anyone else ever seen a more dodgy C.L. game played here in UK?

If it turns out that Chelsea's 2009 Champions League semi-final was fixed it will be the most cataclysmic event EVER to have happened in World football. Without a shadow of a doubt. And if it could be traced back to Barcelona I would expect them to be banned from world football and stripped of all Champions League titles.

I hope that we are not implicated in any wrongdoing. If it is that aforementioned game in 2009, then we should be given the 2009 CL and all winners medals. The worlds most loved club could turn out to be corrupt. Oh dear, what a shame.

Guys let's not go over the top about this...ill suggest we wait for the rulings. I'm a lil skeptical things will come to light knowing the politics involved in football. As much as I feel there's a lot of match fixing in the English league,and it might prove detrimental to our League and a huge slap on our faces,I wouldn't mind some unnamed club(you know them) to be fished out and rightly punished.

Im wondering if theres any connecton between this investigaion and Peps resigning from Barcelona ....for another club ...eems strange that Pep should step down from the alleged best club in the world and for it to happen NOW????

I am with Blue 1989...but in terms off wrong doing on the field and that being manifested as something concrete on the field in a UCL game within the last four years, I am sure CFC is safe as all we got was defn legal and all we did wrong was mos defn punished...sometimes even when nothing was done...we get/got punished...but if ongoing investigations will benefit cfc in any way...expect a conspiracy to bury all evidence and everything...and then expect cfc to be blamed in some or other way...and watch as the media knowingly contribute to a miscarriage of justice...as perpetrators are awarded settlements bankrolled by fines levied on cfc...

hahahah well who can guest the club that has suffered most injustice from the haters?CHELSEA against luoise garcia goal,CHELSEA against barca and ovrebo,Chelsea,chelsea,chelsea why always us.If true can we be compensated with a huge largesse from Uefa.

hahahah well who can guest the club that has suffered most injustice from the haters?CHELSEA against luoise garcia goal,CHELSEA against barca and ovrebo,Chelsea,chelsea,chelsea why always us.If true can we be compensated with a huge largesse from Uefa.

i don't think it's the barca game ,, guys think about it is the same game that ovrebo sent off abidal for a very soft tackle on anelka ,, i am not saying it wasn't a red card all i am saying is that if really ovrebo was given money to make sure barca win he would have just ignored the tackle !!! plus who are the retards who are always voting for torres for MOTM ???

This report made my day. The report actually mentioned that there was evidence for Chicanery in at least 380 games. That is mind boggling. People who used to say i was just being paranoid when i said there was something rotten about UEFA and even the FA itself and suggested that there was more than just simple errors of judgement in certain march events now see. I also knew that Italy was not the only place where march fixing was taking place..the Italians were simply the only ones honest enough to lift the lid on what they found and actually prosecute it...i am hopeful that Europol who discovered this lift the lid of this entire cesspool and name names in what may end up being the most embarassing event ever for european football. I can tell you even now some powerful forces will be fighting hard to shut Europol up so that the full and entire truth doesnt see the light of day. As some have said our game against Barca in 2009, the second leg of the Dinamo Zagreb v Olympic lyon are two prime examples from the Champions league but as the report says this spans the entire gamut of games including local league games and World cup games (does anyone remember Argentina v Peru in 1978 as an example). The role of organized crime in this whole sordid affair adds to the ugliness of this whole business.

Well, they won't be taking Barca's medals away and awarding them to us is for sure. Why bother now? And it's all so far back, kind of like from another world, where Chelsea's status as a top 4 team is a given. A day late and a dollar short if you ask me.